Daily Archives: July 11, 2018

Ryan Mayer The NBA’s so called “one and done” rule that requires players to be one year removed from high school to be eligible to enter the NBA Draft looks to be on its way out. In a press conference in Las Vegas, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver told reporters that the league is ready to change the rule. Adam Silver ...

BERKLEY – (AP) — A federal prosecutor has quit his job to launch an independent candidacy for Michigan attorney general. Christopher Graveline headed the violent crime unit at the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit, prosecuting gang members and drug traffickers. He faces a July 19 deadline to collect 30,000 signatures from voters to get on the November ballot. Graveline has ...

It’s go-go for MoGo. The bike-sharing service mainly confined to the central business district is adding more wheels, stations and even suburban locations.
A Southeast Michigan Council of Governments grant of nearly half a million dollars let the system to grow by 150 bikes and 30 stations, and will establish beachheads in Berkley, Ferndale, Huntington Woods, ...

Limiting mound visits is one thing. But if you really want to control the length of a baseball game, there are other, more direct ways of doing it. One small league in Michigan is taking an unusual step. The United Shore Professional Baseball League says starting Thursday, its public games will not begin an inning after the 2-hour, 25-minute mark. ...

WESTLAND, Mich. (AP) – Made in the shade? It was more like made in the mud for hundreds of people at a Michigan park. Scores of children — and some parents — participated in the 31st annual Wayne County Mud Day on Tuesday at Nankin Mills Park in Westland, west of Detroit. They sloshed and slid around in a shallow ...

You’ll look better outdoors, anyway.
It’s been rumored for months and discussed for years, and now it’s more or less official: The North American International Auto Show moves from January to June in 2020, The Detroit News reports.
The show, which has faced the exodus of many European brands in recent years, will rebrand itself as ...

DETROIT (AP) — A playground-themed basketball league featuring former NBA stars is making a stop at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit. The BIG3 will hold court Friday with four games at the home of the Pistons. This is the second season of the 3-on-3 league that was co-founded by entertainer Ice Cube and features players like Amare Stoudemire, Baron Davis, ...

Union City, Georgia (WGCL) — The longtime Georgia non-profit Christian City Children’s Village is launching a massive foster program in response to the opioid crisis that’s taking parents from children. They say the opioid crisis has caused foster care needs to increase by 100 percent in the last five years in Georgia. After 53 years of serving children on campus, ...

Football fans and fellow broadcasters are among admirers posting salutes to legendary sportscaster Jim Brandstatter, whose three decades as the Detroit Lions’ radio voice end abruptly with a termination decision delivered by phone.
Jim Brandstatter: “I had a great run.” (Photo from his Facebook page)
After he tweeted news of WJR’s sudden dismissal Tuesday morning, the ...

Disclaimer: The author grew up in Grandmont Rosedale. His father, Frank Lanzilote, appears in this piece. Mary Madigan was frustrated. As her children left home for college and work, she had more time to stroll the verdant, tree-lined streets near her North Rosedale Park home — and to notice the litter blowing through the neighborhood. Aggravated, she brought together a ...